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Roderick _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels.

The 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy.

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Paul D. _ _ _ _ _ won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the enzymatic mechanism underlying ATP synthesis.

Edwin Mattison _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries in the chemistry of transuranium elements.

The 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery that enzymes can be crystallized.

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Fritz _ _ _ _ _ won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements.

HABER

The 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.

ALTMAN

The 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the invention of chemical high pressure methods.

BOSCH

The 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for discovery of cell-free fermentation.

BUCHNER

The 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for direct methods for determination of crystal structures.

HAUPTMAN

The 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for his work on disperse systems.

SVEDBERG

The 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the metathesis method in organic synthesis.

CHAUVIN

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.

HECK

William Francis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for contributions in chemical thermodynamics.

GIAUQUE

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

KITAGAWA

Dan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals.

SHECHTMAN

The 1959 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery and development of polarographic methods.

HEYROVSKY

Paul J. _ _ _ _ _ won the 1974 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for fundamental work in the physical chemistry of macromolecules.

FLORY

The 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the invention of partition chromatography.

MARTIN

Moungi G. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.

BAWENDI

Rudolph A. _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the theory of electron transfer reactions.

MARCUS

The 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for electrolytic theory of dissociation.

ARRHENIUS

Peter D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for understanding biological energy transfer.

MITCHELL

Max Ferdinand _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of the structures of globular proteins.

PERUTZ

Jean-Pierre _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

SAUVAGE

The 1938 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for his work on carotenoids and vitamins.

KUHN

The 1914 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for accurate determinations of atomic weight.

RICHARDS

The 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.

CORNFORTH

The 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis.

WOODWARD

Fritz _ _ _ _ _ won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of micro-analysis of organic substances.

PREGL

Frances _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the directed evolution of enzymes.

ARNOLD

The 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in biosynthesis.

LELOIR

Robert S. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for fundamental work on chemical bonds and electronic structure.

MULLIKEN

The 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometry.

FENN

Dorothy Crowfoot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for X-ray determinations of the structures of biochemical substances.

HODGKIN

Elias James _ _ _ _ _ won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the theory and methodology of organic synthesis.

COREY

Arthur _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for investigations on the fermentation of sugar.

HARDEN

Robert _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for investigations on plant products of biological importance.

ROBINSON

Irving _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries in surface chemistry.

LANGMUIR

Hermann Emil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on sugar and purine syntheses.

FISCHER

Walter Norman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C.

HAWORTH

The 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of fullerenes.

CURL

The 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work on biochemically important sulphur compounds.

VIGNEAUD

Frederic _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of new radioactive elements.

JOLIOT

The 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

PRIGOGINE

The 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for discovering a widely used organomagnesium compound for forming carbon-carbon bonds.

GRIGNARD

The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.

ERTL

The 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for high resolution NMR spectroscopy.

ERNST

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.

LEFKOWITZ

Kenichi _ _ _ _ _ won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for theories concerning the course of chemical reactions.

FUKUI

Osamu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.

SHIMOMURA

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

BETZIG

Demis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for protein structure prediction.

HASSABIS

K. Barry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for chirally catalysed oxidation reactions.

SHARPLESS

The 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for investigations of the constitution of the bile acids.

WIELAND

The 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds.

WALLACH

Roger D. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.

KORNBERG

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination.

DUBOCHET

William N. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies on the structure of boranes.

LIPSCOMB

The 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for his work in thermochemistry.

NERNST

The 1948 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis.

TISELIUS

The 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the invention of the polymerase chain reaction method.

MULLIS

Paul J. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for atmospheric chemistry concerning ozone formation and decomposition.

CRUTZEN

Donald J. _ _ _ _ won the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for molecules with structure-specific interactions.

CRAM

The 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for advancement of organic chemistry through work on organic dyes.

BAEYER

The 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery and development of the diene synthesis.

DIELS

Frederick _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the structure of proteins, especially insulin.

SANGER

Alfred _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the linkage of atoms in molecules.

WERNER

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

BERTOZZI

The 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of heavy hydrogen.

UREY

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for phage display of peptides and antibodies.

SMITH

The 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for research on carbon dioxide assimilation in plants.

CALVIN

Gerhard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for knowledge of the electronic structure of molecules.

HERZBERG

The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions.

KNOWLES

The 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for studies of extremely fast chemical reactions.

EIGEN

Martin _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for multiscale models for complex chemical systems.

KARPLUS

Alan J. _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.

HEEGER

Benjamin _ _ _ _ won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.

LIST

The 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for discoveries in the chemistry and technology of high polymers.

ZIEGLER

Linus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the nature of the chemical bond.

PAULING

Walter _ _ _ _ won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of density-functional theory.

KOHN

Marie _ _ _ _ _ won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of the elements radium and polonium.

CURIE

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for computational protein design.

BAKER

The 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for boron-containing compounds in organic synthesis.

BROWN

The 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for discovery of isotopes using the mass spectrograph.

ASTON

Henri _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for investigation and isolation of the element fluorine.

MOISSAN

Willard Frank _ _ _ _ _ won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination.

LIBBY

William _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air.

RAMSAY

The 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of crystallographic electron microscopy.

KLUG

The 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work on ribonuclease and the amino acid sequence.

ANFINSEN

Derek H. R. _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.

BARTON

Leopold _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes.

RUZICKA

The 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for contributions to knowledge of molecular structure.

DEBYE

Henry _ _ _ _ _ won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions.

TAUBE

Frederick _ _ _ _ _ won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the chemistry of radioactive substances and isotopes.

SODDY

The 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the use of isotopes as tracers in chemical processes.

HEVESY

Wilhelm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on catalysis and chemical equilibria.

OSTWALD

Artturi Ilmari _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research in agricultural and nutrition chemistry.

VIRTANEN

The 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+-ATPase.

SKOU

The 1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for showing the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions.

ZSIGMONDY
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